A powerful winter storm system moving across the Great Lakes and Northeast is bringing snow and ice, frigid temperatures and fierce wind gusts.

Now comes even more frigid weather in the U.S. Midwest. Extreme cold with near-zero degree wind chills descended upon parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin, forecasters said Tuesday, even as utilities worked to restore power to thousands of customers after heavy snow and strong winds pummeled parts of the Midwest,

On Thursday at 4:52 p.m. EST a winter storm warning was released by the National Weather Service in effect until Friday at 11 a.m. EST for Chippewa County.

Pleasant Friday After a frosty morning, expect a mostly sunny sky this morning with a quick warming trend. Clouds roll in this afternoon with a transition to a mostly cloudy

Officials in Vermont and Buffalo, N.Y., warned residents to stay off the roads as a winter weather system brought thick sheets of ice and snow. Tens of thousands of power customers faced outages.

The recent winter storm created spectacular ice formations along Lake Michigan's shoreline, with the 35-foot lighthouse covered in frozen layers.

A major winter storm is pummeling the Tri-State Area with snow and ice after New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency.

Those projected rainfall totals compare to the amount recorded during the first 48 hours of last week’s Christmas Eve storm where LA County got 2 to 10 inches, Orange County received 1 to 5 inches and the Inland Empire got 0.64 to 12.32 inches.